Breaking the fast for people in hard physical work

A question about breaking the fast for people in hard physical work, such as bakers and concrete workers, in which Jordan's General Iftaa Department answered that they may not start the day without fasting, but must intend the fast and begin it, breaking it only if fasting becomes a real hardship and making the day up later. ¹

The questioner asked whether someone doing hard physical work, such as a baker or a concrete worker, may break the fast. ¹

The Department answered that someone doing hard work may not break the fast from the outset; he must intend the fast from the night before and begin it. ¹ It said that if he later reaches a point where fasting becomes a hardship, he breaks the fast and makes the day up at another time. ¹

Jordan's General Iftaa Department published this fatwa on aliftaa.jo as no. 4104, dated 26 January 2026. ¹ The museum records this text as a historical document attributed to the body or scholar that issued it; it issues no ruling of its own.